[Rockhounds] Neanderthals and humans interbred 47,000 years ago

[Paul]

Neanderthals and humans interbred 47,000 years
ago for nearly 7,000 years, research suggests
By Charles Q. Choi, Live Science, June 7, 2024
DNA from prehistoric and modern-day people
suggests that humans interbred with Neanderthals
47,000 years ago for a period lasting 6,800 years.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthals-and-humans-interbred-47000-years-ago-for-nearly-7000-years-research-suggests

An open access preprint is:

Iasi, L.N.M., Chintalapati, M., Skov, L., Bossoma
Mesa, A., Hajdinjak, M., Peter, B.M. and Moorjani,
P., 2024. Neandertal ancestry through time: Insights
from genomes of ancient and present-day humans.
bioRxiv, pp.2024-05.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.13.593955v1

Yours,

Paul H.